When Are Eco-friendly Products Not Eco-friendly?
As business owners, we know the importance of having an eco-friendly strategy for our businesses, and we strive to be responsible in how we run our businesses on a daily basis. I think it’s time to question whether the products we have been told are eco-friendly are actually eco friendly.
Give books by the Birds (and their friends) this Christmas!
…and help Our Girls at the same time Being a writer, I like to give books – not only my own, but those written by other authors I know and respect. Here’s a selection written by Birds contributors and our friends/colleagues. A percentage of all sold via Amazon will go to Our Girls, so please [...]
Eco-Libris Book Review – The Little Book of Shocking Eco Facts
Eco-Libris are raising awareness about considering the environment when making book purchases by having 200 bloggers review 200 books all at the same time (1.00pm Eastern Time on November 10th). This may miss the deadline, but I have offered to review one of their books anyway. Image via Wikipedia I am not as passionate about [...]
Could eco-friendliness be harmful to our health?
Recently I spent three weeks in Northampton General Hospital here in the UK and, having written a book about “green” issues and taken a keen personal interest in them, I was horrified to see how much perfectly recyclable stuff was just tossed into the garbage. “Recycling? You’re joking,” said one nurse I asked about it. [...]
How you can save money on your wedding or other event – by being greener
Angie’s recent post about saving money – and how to save money on her upcoming nuptials (congratulations again, Angie!) – raised some interesting issues on how being greener can cost you less in the long run. In my recent book “How To Get Married In Green” (shameless plug) my original remit was to research and [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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